BEIJING—The TD-SCDMA technology jointly developed by China’s Datang Telecom and Germany’s Siemens has passed a trial test and is ready for commercial use within the year, according to Zhou Huan, …
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for the delivery of multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express …
SAN FRANCISCO—Java-based wireless application server software provider Aligo Inc. announced it added Applied Systems Analysis & Processing Inc. and Caribou Lake Software to its Mobile Application Systems Integrators group. Applied …
NEWTON, Mass.—MoreMagic Software announced it scored $9 million in its second round of funding, which was led by Vision Capital and Battery Ventures. “These additional funds will be used to …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it will integrate Macromedia Inc.’s Flash Player into its Mediaterminal, which combines digital video broadcast, full Internet access, personal video recorder technology and gaming. The Macromedia …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. is going to reduce capital expenditures and new tower development activities in 2002, and suspend any material new investment for additional towers, the company said. …
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera, the Helsinki-based telecom company, has abandoned its fixed monthly connection charge for its consumer General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering in a move designed to increase use of …
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service in Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and the greater Central West Virginia region. In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Service assurance product supplier WatchMark reported a strategic system integration partnership with European systems integrator AU-Systems to distribute WatchMark’s performance management and network visualization products to AU-System’s customers in …
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—Technology consultancy Plextec Ltd. unveiled a dual-band GSM900/DCS1800 GPRS/Bluetooth multimode PC card. The card, which comprises an always-online GPRS system combined with Bluetooth technology, enables wireless Internet access and …
SAN JOSE—SiRF Technology and NEC Electronics announced a licensing agreement that will integrate SiRF’s SiRFstarII GPS technology into NEC’s integrated circuits for the automotive marketplace. The companies said that the …
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded its five third-generation licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in the auction—Asia’s first 3G auction—reached $1.4 …
GREENSBORO, N.C.—Circuit manufacturer RF Micro Devices Inc. said it has begun production shipments to a major European handset manufacturer. The company said it expects the shipments to hit multi-million dollar …
BOULDER, Colo.—GlobalDining, mobile location-based restaurant directory and reservation network, announced it reached more than 1.5 million WAP page views in the three month period beginning November 2001. The company said …
WAALRE, Netherlands—Qualcomm Inc. said it signed a three-year agreement with Vos Logistics for Vos to use Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe as its supplier for fleet services. Under terms of …
NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to …
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. both set days in late March for their shareholders to vote on the proposed merger between the two companies. HP’s stockholder vote …
SINGAPORE—VeriSign Inc. announced it will sell its WebNum wireless Web access system to Southeast Asian wireless users through its Asian affiliate TrustAsia. VeriSign’s WebNum service allows users to browse wireless …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Digit Wireless has joined the Personal Communications Industry Association’s Global Initiative.Digit Wireless, founded in 2000 by former Apple Computer executive David Levy just introduced its first product, the Fastap …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—In its fourth quarter results Aether Systems Inc. reported a huge increase in revenues compared with a year ago, but also a widening loss. Last year Aether earned …
